> That may be true in the US to some extent Considering these are US companies making an agreement about US employees, where else is relevant? > Corporations

> That may be true in the US to some extent Considering these are US companies making an agreement about US employees, where else is relevant? > Corporations are simply property in this case, preventing corporations from making these agreements is violating the rights of owners to manage their property. By taking advantage of the corporate structure society has over-generously granted them, the investors have agreed to surrender their rights. They can get most of them back by dispensing with the corporate structure and acting in their own personal capacities, without the market-distorting characteristics granted to corporations.